Not Even Kirby Could Help Disney's Black Hole

The current and surely final issue of Disney's Comics Zone digest reprints the first few installments of Jack Kirby's Black Hole adaptation. Yeah, I know I told you it was in another issue HERE, but it looks like I was mistaken. Look for the issue with those annoying little shits from that wretched High School Musical on the cover (You know, I really shouldn't bust on High School Musical. Sure, it's garbage, but who am I to judge? I liked Grease when I was a kid. Grease, ferchrissakes! And I wasn't even gay.* Just lame.)

The art is credited entirely to Kirby, yet I can't help but think there was another inker involved. It looks a little too smooth for the Kirby of that era. The King pays careful attention to detail in recreating the robots and sets from Disney's sci-fi opus, but doesn't bother to capture anyone's likeness. There's not a single Borgnine in the bunch. I guess he was working from pre-production reference material. At least there were no glaring inconsistencies like Al Williamson's purple Yoda. Unfortunately not even KirbyMagic can save the famously dull story. By the third page I realized I had no idea what I was reading and just looking at the pretty pictures. I'd love to see the rest of this, but Disney Adventures just went belly up. Maybe it's time someone reprinted this as a Treasury Edition!

The rest of the issue is pretty solid, except for the aforementioned High School Musical material. It's not even an actual comic, but a "sneak peek" consisting of nothing but character illustrations (Cut 'em out and pin 'em up! Suitable for framing!) for a forthcoming issue. Well, at least DA's cancellation saved us from that pile of suck.

*Actually, I was totally gay.